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THE compiler of this little book was led to prepare 
it by reading an account of the conversion to Christ of 
Count Zinzendorf, and his consecration to the cause of 
missions, by looking at a painting of the crucifixion 
of Christ with these startling words beneath it : 



Regarding the Passion of our Saviour for us as the 
strongest motive to lead us to the discharge of our obliga- 
tions to him, we present these texts with appropriate 
stanzas to show what Christ has done for us, and to 
awaken the inquiry, "What are we doing for him?" It 
is the desire of the writer that each text, only one each 
day, will be seriously pondered, and that the personal, 
appeal will not be slighted and go unanswered. 



"All this I did for thee ; 
What doest thou for me?" 



Copyright, 1886, American Tract Society, 



WpiO Rambled 
himself, and beeame 
obedient unto death, even 
the death of the ero55. pm. 2 :8. 

0 Sacred Head, now wounded, 

With grief and shame weighed down, 
Now scornfully surrounded 

With thorns, thine only crown: 
0 Sacred Head, what glory, 

What bliss till now was thine! 
Yet, though despised and gory, 

I joy to call thee mine. 




SPiOX!) shall 



eall his name 
JSSUS ; for he shall 
save his people from 
their sins. Man. i-. 2I . 

0 thou dear, suffering Son of God, 

How doth, thy heart to sinners move! 

Sprinkle on us thy precious blood, 
And melt us with thy dying lova. 

The rocks could feel thy powerful death, 
And tremble and asunder part ; 

Oh, rend with thine expiring breath 
The harder marble of my heart I 



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^Kli tl^is J did jor \\rn-, 

gggy '"Whof dldesf iwujbrMK 



I bring yoci 
good tidings of 
great joy, whieh shall 
fee to all people ; for 
cinfo yocz is feorn this 
day in the eity of lDavid 
a §aviocir. Lukezno, «. 

Joyful, all ye nations, rise ; 
Join the triumph, of the skies ; 
With the angelic host proclaim, 
" Christ is horn in Bethlehem T" 



shall 
find the foafee 
wrapped in 
swaddling-elolhes, 

lying in a 
manger. Luke 2:12. 

Gold on his cradle the dewdrops are shining, 
Low lies his bed with the beasts of the stall, 

Angels adore him in slumber reclining, 
Maker and Monarch and Saviour of all. 



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2>fiE foxes have: 
holes, and the birds 
of the air have nests ; 
bat the §on of AA.an hath 
not whereto lay his head. 

Matt. 8:20. 

Why seeks he not a home of rest? 

Why seeks he not a pillowed bed? 
Beasts have their dens, the bird its nest, 

He hath not where to lay his head. 

Such was the lot he freely chose, 
To bless, to save the human race ; 

And through his poverty there flows 
A rich, full stream of heavenly grace. 



©0£> hath not 

appointed 
as to wrath, bat to 
obtain salvation 
by oar 

i Thess. 5:9. 

'Twas mercy filled the throne, 

And wrath stood silent by, 
When Christ was sent with pardon down 

To rebels doomed to die. 



fill, this I did for fk€; 
F^kf does! tfjou {or #fcMP& 



pi^ earns 
cmlo his own, 

and his own 
rfcQdvGd. him not. John i: ii. 



He left his starry crown 

And laid his robes aside, 
On wings of love came down 
And wept and bled and died. 
What he endured, oh, who can tell, 
To save our souls from death and hell I 

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WI§£ y& not 

that I 
mast fee: afoocit my 
father's focisine.ss T 

Luke 2:49. 



To do his Heavenly Father's will 

Was his employment and delight ; » 

Humility and holy zeal 

Shone through his life divinely bright. 
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^iAII this J did jor 
IgSL? *\M}ot does! THOujoir 



fO^ ye 
^now the 
graee of oar 
XyOrd Jesas (^hrist, 
that, thoagh he was 
rieh, yet for your sai^es 
Tie heeame poor, that ye 

through his poverty 
might he rieh. 2 cor. 8 : 9 . 

Thou wast poor beyond expression, 

Bathed in thine own precious blood, 

All to better my condition, 

All to make me rich in God. 



even 

pleased not 

himself. Rom. is:*. 

Was it for crimes that I had done> 
He groaned upon the tree T 

Amazing pity, grace unknown, 
And love heyond degree! 



HE shall 
feed his floei^ 
li^e a shepherd : 
he shall gather the 
lambs with his arm 
and earry them 

in his bosom. Isa. 40: 11. 



Jesus my Shepherd is : 

'Twas he that loved my soul, 
'T was he. that washed me in his hlood, 

'Twas he that made me whole ; 
'Twas he that sought the lost, 

That found the wandering sheep ; 
'T was he that brought me to the fold, 

'Tis he that still doth keep. 



A braised reed 
shall he not forea^ 
and smoking flax 

shall he not qcieneh, 
till he send forth jcidgment 

cinfo victory. Matt. 12:20. 

He'll never quench the smoking flax, 

But raise it to a flame ; 
The bruised reed he never breaks, 

Nor scorns the meanest name. 



Jescis led cip of the 
§pirif info 
fhc wilderness to foe 

tempted of the devil. 
And when he had fasted 
forty days and forty nights, 
he was afterward a h angered. 



He knows what sore temptations mean, 
For he hath felt the same. 



Matt. 4:1, 2. 




And JS§lD§> 
went about all 

the eities and 
villages, teaching in 
their synagogues and 

preaching the: gospel of 
the kingdom and healing 
every sie^ness and every 
disease among the people. 

Matt. 9:35. 

He comes the broken heart to hind, 

The bleeding soul to cure, 
And with his righteousness and grace 

To enrich the humble poor. 




m 

eontincied 
all night in prayer 

tO ©OX?. Luke 6: 12. 



Cold mountains and the midnight air 
Witnessed the fervor of thy. prayer, 
The desert thy temptations knew, 
Thy conflict, and thy victory too. 




f 0^ he shall 

grow cip before 
him as a fender 
plant, and as a roof 
oaf of a dry groand: 
he: hafh no form nor 
comeliness, and when we 

shall see him, fhere is no 
foeacify that we shocild desire 
him. isa. 53:2. 

Thy head, the crown of thorns that wears, 
With brightest radiance glows ; 

That face, so marred with blood and tears, 
Transcendent beauty shows. 
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I have a 
baptism to foe 
foaptieed with, 
and how am I 
straitened 
till it foe: accomplished I 

Luke 12:50. 

Deep in our hearts let us record 
The deeper sorrows of our Lord, 

Behold the rising billows roll 
To overwhelm his holy soul. 




HEREBY pereeive 



we the 
love of ©0V> 
foee&cise lie laid down 

Tiis life for cis. ijohn 3 :i6. 

I gave my life for thee ; 

My precious blood I shed, 
That thou might'st ransomed be 
And quickened from the dead. 
I gave my life for thee ; 
What hast. thou given for me? 



y^fll fhts {did [or thee; 
Jl " tyhsxt doest tfjou {or jpfet 




pi 5 riseth 
from sapper 
and laid aside his 
garments, and foo^ a 
towel and girded himself. 
After that he poarefh water 
into a basin, and began to wash 
the diseiples' feet. John 13:4, 5. 

Thy fair example may we trace 

To teach us what we ought to be ; 

Make us by thy transforming grace, 
Dear Saviour, daily more like thee. 
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J4£ is despised 
and 

rejected of men, 
a man of sorrows 
and acquainted with grid: 
and we: hid, as it ward, our 
faecs from J-lim. i sa . 53:3 



By men despised, rejected, scorned- 
No beauty they can see ; 

With grace and glory all adorned, 
The loveliest form to me. 



54 ^Jjdf -doesf thou {or Me? 




ha hath 
foorne oar griefs 
and 

carried oar sorrows; 
yet we: did esteem him 
stricken, smitten of 
©OX?> and afflicted 

Isa. 53:4. 

Yes, the Redeemer in his soul 
Sustained the pains of hell ; 

The wrath of God, without control, 
On him, our Surety, fell. 




the JjD^lS 
hath laid on him 
the iniqciity 

of as all. lsa. 53:6. 
All my sins against my God, 



All my sins against his laws, 
All my sins against his blood, 

All my sins against his cause- 
Sins as boundless as the sea. 




^YffiAT no est THOl 



pi 5 is brought 
as a lamb to the: 
slaughter; and as a 
sheep before: 
her shearers is dtcimb, 
so he openeth not his moath. 

Isa. 53:7. 

When Justice, by our sins provoked, 
Drew forth its dreadful sword, 

Ha gave his soul up to the stroke 
Without a murmuring word. 
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m 



pkasad the LO^© 




to braise him; 
he hath pat him to grid. 



God himself provides the Victim : 
Jesus is the Lamb of God. 

Heaven and earth and hell afflict him 
While he bears the sinner's load. 

'Tis his blood, and that alone, 

Can for human guilt atone. 



Isa. 53: 1 o. 



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pi $ was 
fa^en from prison 
and from judgment: 
he was qcl! off oat of the 
land of the living; 
for the transgression of my 
people was he striken, isa. 53 :8. 



He took the dying traitor's place 
And suffered in his stead. 

For man— oh, miracle of grace! 
For man the Saviour bled. 

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pi $ hath poured 
oat his 50cl1 

unto death; and 
he was numbered with 

the transgressors; and 
he bare the sin of many 
and made intercession for the 

transgressors. Isa. 53:12. 

Truly this was the Son of God, 

Though in a servant's mean disguise ; 

And, bruised beneath the Father's rod, 
Not for himself— for man he dies. 



%^giy ^ofioesf thou jbr Mc 



he made 
his grave with 
the wicked, 
and with the rieh 

in his death. Isa. 53:9. 

Resting from his work to-day, 
In the tomb the Saviour lay; 
Still he slept, from head to feet 
Shrouded in the winding-sheet, 
Lying in the rock alone, 
Hidden by the sealed stone. 




JSSUS wept. 

John 11:35. 



And when he was 
eome near he 
beheld the eity 

and wept over it. 

Luke 19:41. 



In every pang that rends the heart 
The Man of Sorrows had a part; 
He sympathizes with our grief, 
And to the sufferer sends relief. 




FOR JJfLEi 



IN all their 
affliction he was 
afflicted, and the 
Angel of his presence 
saved them: in his love 
and in his pity he redeemed 
them; and he bare them and 
earned them all the days of old. 

Isa. 63 :g. 

He in the days of feeble flesh 
Poured out his cries and tears, 

And in his measure feels afresh 
What every member bears. 
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AJsflD feeing in an 
agony he. prayed 

more earnestly; 
and his sweat was as it 

were great drops of blood 
falling down to the ground. 



Dark was the night and cold the ground 
On which the Lord was laid ; 

His sweat like drops of blood ran down, 
In agony he prayed. 

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Luke 22:44. 




o m y 

if this eczp may not 
pass away from me 
exeepf I drin^ it, 

thy will foe done. Matt. 26:42. 



Father, remove this bitter cup, 
If such thy sacred will ; 

If not, content to drink it up, 
Thy pleasure I fulfil. 
33 



AN£ He 



bearing his eross 

went forth into a 
plaee called 

the plaee of a s^ull, 
where they Qraeified him. 

John ig: 17, 18. 



Go to Golgotha and weep 

With the suffering Son of God, 
And behold, with anguish deep, 

Where the sacred Victim stood— 
Like a lamb to slaughter led, 
Every friend and helper fled. 
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l does! THOu|or M 



A]^£> when 
they had platted 
a erown of thorns 
they pat it upon his head, 
and a reed in his right hand: 
and they bowed the l^nee 
before him and moe^ed him, 
saying, J-iail, ^ing of the Jews T 

Matt. 27:29. 

With, cold affections who can see 
The thorns, the scourge, the nails, the tree, 
The flowing tears, the crimson sweat, 
The bleeding hands and head and feet! 

#| 1 1/^f fi 1 ^^L^iciT|' q ^ T ^^^^^ 



there two thieves 



erciQified with him, 
one on the 

right hand 
and another on the left. 

Matt. 27:38. 

The cross, the cross, the Mood-stained cross, 

The hallowed cross I see, 
Reminding me of precious hlood 

That once was shed for me. 
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*\S§&t&l ^hdt' ioesf thou for M 



is exceeding 
sorrowful, even 
unto death; 
tarry ye: here: and 
wafeh with me. And ha 
went a littk farther, and 
fell on his faee and prayed, 
saying, 0 my father, if if he 
possible, let this eup pass from me. 

Matt. 26:38, 39. 

Go to the garden, sinner ; see 

Those precious drops that flow, 

The heavy load he bore for thee ; 
For thee he lies so low. 



My ©ov> 



my ©OlD, 
why hast thou 
forsaken me ? 

why art Ihocz so far 
from helping me ? 



My God, my God, why hast thou left 

My soul without relief ? 
Of thy blest smiles to be bereft 

Exceeds all other grief. 

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I^VfH AT DO EST THOU 
1L ^FOR JYIE?# 




MY strength 
is dried cip 
ln^e a potsherd, 
and my tongeie 

eleaveth to my jaws. 
£hey pierced my hands 

and my feet. p sa . 22 :i 5 , * 

His sacred limbs they pierce, they tear, 
With nails they fasten to the wood— 

His sacred limbs exposed and hare, 
Or only covered with his blood. 

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did they 
spit in his faee 

and buffeted him. 

Matt. 26:67. 

And they stripped him 
and pat on him a scarkt rofoe. 

Matt. 27:28. 

Oh, who like thee so humbly bore 
The scorn, the scoffs of men before- 
So meek, forgiving, godlike, high, 
So glorious in humility! 

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f J^ ^ddoest fffou for jftej 



ONE of the 



soldiers with a spear 
pierced his side, 
and forthwith earns, there 
oat folood and wafer. John 19:34- 

Through his heart the spear is piercing, 
Though his foes have seen him die ; 
Blood and water thence are streaming 

In a tide of mystery- 
Water from our guilt to cleanse us, 
Blood to win us crowns on high. 





I§ it nothing 
to you, all ye that 

pass fey? 
BehoM, and see if there 
fee any sorrow 

lh^e cmto my sorrow. 

Lam. i : i 

But the torments which he felt 
Are too vast to be conceived ; 
None can penetrate through thee, 
Doleful, dark Gethsemane. 



\}\- t^is J:did jor tl\eej 
ijte ^kat ' doBSt thou Jor 



woanded for 
oar transgressions, 
he was braised for 
oar iniqaifies; the 
ehastisemenf of oar 
peaee was apon him, 
and with his stripes 
we are healed, isa. 53:5 

Our sorrows and our sins were laid 

On thee, alone on thee ; 
Thy precious blood our ransom paid, 

Thine all the glory he. 
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fi&ih.er y forgive them, 
for they ^now not 

what they do. 

Luke 23:34. 



"Father, forgive!" the Saviour cried 
With his expiring breath, 

And drew eternal blessings down 
On those who wrought his death. 
44 

^FOR jyiE if i^^-^^X^ 



forgave, yoci, 
so also do ye:. coi. 3 :i3. 



Oh, how benevolent and kind, 

How mild, how ready to forgive I 

Be this the temper of our mind 

And these the rules hy which we live I 

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hath onee suffered for 
sins, the Just for the cinjcisf, 
that he might bring as to 
©OlD, feeing pat to death in 
the flesh, fecit quickened fey 
the §pirif. ip e t. 3 :i8. 

Yet thou dost even for my sake 
On thee in love the burdens take 

That weighed my spirit to the ground : 
Yes, thou art made a curse for me 
That I might yet be blest through thee ; 

My healing in thy wounds is found. 

^ 46 , 



mm fhtf|did jor 



When 

therefore had received 
Ilia vinegar, he said, 
It is finished T 
and he bowd his head 

and gave cip the ghost. 

John 19:30. 

'Tis finished I This his dying groan 
Shall sins of deepest hue atone ; 
Millions shall he redeemed from death 
By this his last expiring breath. 



AJsTJ? when 

had eried with a 

load voiee, he said, 
jTatheir, into thy hands 
I eommend my spirit. 

Luke 23:46. 

Jesus hung bleeding, Jesus hung bleeding, 
Three dreadful hours in pain ; 
Then he bowed his head and died. 
Thus my Lord was crucified 

To atone for the world that was lost. 




hath broken my 
heart, and I am 
fall of heayiness: and 
I looked for some to 
tai^a pify> fecit there: was 
none; and for comforters, 
bat I foand none.. Psa. 69:20. 



For whom was broke that heart? 

For whom these sorrows borne? 
Why did he feel that piercing smart 

And meet that bitter scorn? 



5?IIS man 
reeeiveth sinners 

and eateth 

with them. Luke m:2. 

When he lived on earth abased, 

"Friend of sinners," was his name; 

Now, above all glory raised, 
He rejoices in the same. 

Still he calls them "Brethren," "Friends, 

And to all their wants attends. 



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Mood of 

his §on 
Qk&nsdh us from all sin 

i John 1:7. 

Oh, the blood, the precious blood, 

That Jesus shed for me 
Upon the cross, a crimson flood, 

Just now by faith I see. 
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we. the love of ©CXp, 



foee&cise 
he laid down his life for cxs. 



Which of all our friends to save 1 
Gould or would have shed his 

But our Jesus died to have us 
Reconciled in him to God. 

This was boundless love indeed ; 

Jesus is a Friend in need. 



John 3: 16. 




) / 




also loved the 



and gave himself for if. 



To save his guilty church, he dies. 

Mourners, behold the bleeding Lamb ; 
To him lift up your longing eyes, 

And hope for mercy in his name. 

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Eph. 5:25. 




V ' ' S^What doesf thou F r : I 



WpIO for the 
joy that was 
set before him 

endared the eross, 
despising the shame. 



Heb. 12:2. 



This was compassion like a God, 

That, when the Saviour knew 
The price of pardon was his hlood, 
His pity ne'er withdrew. 
54 

.... jjy?|li Mi J dta jor \\m m 
^hof doest thou for Hit 



I will not 
leave yoci 
comfortless : 
I will eome to yoa. 

John 14: 18. 



In every dark, distressful hour, 
When sin and Satan join their power, 
This hope repels each fiery dart, 
That Jesus bears us on his heart. 



I will 
Qome again 

and receive yoci 
cmlo myself, 

that where I am, 
there ye may foe also. 

John 14:3. 



While he is absent from our sight 
'Tis to prepare our souls a place, 

That we may dwell in heavenly light 
And live for ever near his face. 
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I have 

graven thee 
apon the palms of my 

hands. Isa. 49: 16. 



My name from the palms of his hands 
Eternity will not erase ; 

Impressed on his heart it remains 
In marks of indelible grace. 
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I was a hungered, 

I was thirsty, 
I was a stranger, 
nailed, siqi^, in prison. 

Matt. 25:35, 36. 



Touched with a sympathy within, 
He knows our feeble frame ; 

He knows what sore temptations mean, 
For he has felt the same. 
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P ^hat does! ffw for WtlM 



is a 

faithful saying 
and worthy of all 

acceptation, 



that eTO§£ J^§U§ 



to save sinners. iTim. i:i S . 

And I have brought to thee, 
Down from my home above, 

Salvation full and free— 
My pardon and my love. 

I bring rich gifts to thee ; 

What hast thou brought to me? 



Qame into the world 



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I stand at the 

door and i^noe^: 
if any man hear my 
voiee and open the door, 

I will eome in to him 
and will sap with him, 

and he with me. 

Rev. 3 :2o. 

Oh, lovely attitude I he stands 
With melting heart and loaded hands I 
Oh, matchless kindness! and he shows 
This matchless kindness to his foes I 



%jQ§g]y ^hof '-dtesf- THOU joir Me 



hath redeemed 
as from the earse: 
of the: law, 
being made: a ecirse. 
for as. Gai. 3:13. 



On him Almighty vengeance fell 
Which must have sunk a world to hell ; 
He bore it for his chosen race, 
And now he is my Hiding-place. 



fiim that endured 
saeh contradiction 
of sinners 
against himself, 

lest ye he wearied 
and faint m yoar minds. 

Heb. 12:3. 

'Midst neglect, contempt, and rudeness 
Meek and lowly was thy mind ; 

Gentle Jesus, 
Thou wast altogether kind. 
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syeK as the 

§0[J of yWan 
eame: not to foe 
ministered unto, 

focit to minister, 
and to give his life 
I ransom for many. Mattes. 

I suffered much, for thee, 
More than thy tongue can tell 

Of bitterest agony, 
To rescue thee from hell. 

I've borne it all for thee; 

What hast thou borne for me? 
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I [iAVe finished 

the wor^ whi^h 



thou gavest me to do. 

John 17:4. 



Oh, that each in the day 

Of His coming may say, 
"I have fought my way through; 
I have finished the work thou didst give 

me to dol" 



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